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GQMMODE CHAIR James Samuel Edens. Baltimore, Md, assignor to Ruth LaVera Bush, Greenville, S. C.

Application August 24, 1944, Serial No. 551,071

The invention relates to a chair, and more especially to an infant'scombination chair and commode of portable type.

The primary object of the invention is the provision ofa structure ofthis character, wherein a child or infant can be retained with safety,the structure being convertible for its service as a commode, whendesired, and the infant or child may be fed from a tray supported by thestructure for such purpose.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a structure of thischaracter, wherein the assembly thereof is novel and unique, and issusceptible of being detachably mounted on a support, for occupancy,either for use as a chair, commode or for feeding purposes, in aconvenient manner.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a structure ofthis character, which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliable andefficient for the purposes intended thereof, readily and easilyconverted, strong, durable, assuring safety in the use thereof, andinexpensive to manufacture, the tray being conveniently adjusted for theproper positioning thereof.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in thefeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, which shows the preferred embodiment of the invention, andpointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a side elevation of the structure constructed in accordancewith the invention and in position for use as a chair.

Figure 2 is a front elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional View taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 4 is a top plan View.

Figure 5 is a top plan View showing the structure for service as acommode.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the clamp for holdin the structure inplace on a support.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings in detail A desighates generally the structurein its entirety constructed in accordance with the invention, and whichcomprises a lower body section or base Ill having a flat bottom ll,upright closed back l2, opposite upright closed ends 13, a, flat top H,provided with an opening l5 effective for com- 1 Claim. (Cl. 155-31)mode purposes, and an open front, respectively,

the latter being adapted for closure by a front panel IE to a slidedrawer H, which is removably fitted within the body section it] for theemptying of contents when the latter is used as a commode.

Detachably superimposed on the body section it is a chair section orseat I8,'its bottom area I9 has contact with the top M when at rest andmatches the same in its size, while the sides and back 29 and 2!,respectively of this section l8 are continuations of each other and areintegral with the bottom area it, to have the fore of the chaircompletely open, so that the limbs of an infant or child can protrudetherethrough when occupying the chair section I 8 in the usual manner.

The sections l0 and [8 are detachably secured together by snap fasteners22 which are located at the sides 28 of the said section R8 forconvenience in the separation of both sections from each other whendesired. At the fore portions of the sides 29 of the section l3, nearthe uppermost edges of such sides are horizontally arranged slots 23 foradjustably accommodating fasteners 2 1 for a feeding tray 25, the latterbeing horizontally supported in guides 26 between the sides 20 and canbe arranged close to or away from an occupant in the chair section !8,as will be obvious from the drawings.

To make the structure A firm and secure on a suitable horizontalsupport, a portion of the latter being denoted at 2?, best seen inFigure 1 of the drawings, there is employed a post forming a guard 28,which at its upper portion rises a .tance above the bottom area E9 ofthe chair .v .on 48 to protrude between the limbs of a child or infantwhen occupying such section, to eliminate the possibility of the childor infant crawling through the fore opening in the chair section. Thispost or guard 28 next to the bottom area is has the overhang extension29 for contact with the latter when the said post or guard 28 is placedin proper position.

Removably joined with this post or guard 28 at its lower end is a clampformed with a jaw 39 having an upstanding shank 3! at substantiallyright angles to the latter for abutting the lowerrnost end of such postor guard for alignment therewith. The post or guard 28 has the lowerportion 32 detachable and is removably fastened in place Soy threadedstuds or nut carrying binding pins 33 and 3 3, respectively, pin 33being on the post or guard 28, and the pin 34 on the lower portion thenuts for the pins being winged at 35. The portion 32 has a triangularshaped foot portion 38 which extends through the opening 39 in the frontpanel 16 of the drawer, to rest on the bottom thereof and when removedallows the disassembly of the structure.

The jaw 38 is equipped with a binding medium 36, which is handadjustable, and is properly held against turning out of alignment withthe said jaw by atongue, and groove fitting 3] therebe.-- tween, as-islclearly shown in Figure-3: off'the draws ings.

The lower section of the post or shank 3| is pro, vided with an upwardlyprojecting tongue 40 having a slot 41 therein to receive the stud 34 ofthe intermediate section 32, and.theintennediatesec: tion is providedwith a similar tongue dike-having, a slot 43 therein to receive the stud33 of the upper section 28.

The structure is usable as a chair or air-com:- mode, it beingconvertible for such purposes, and the said structurecan be securedfirmly and.secureljv in; place on a horizontal support for, oc cupancy.The. chair section 18 is removed from thebooly section i9, whenthelatten is tobe used. as a commode.

What is claimed is:

Ina combinationchair. and:commode, thel combination, which comprises,.aboxrlikebase having a. bottom, a top,- Withside, walls, an, end. walland having anopen front and,with a: commode opening in saidtop; a drawerremovably. mounted 30 1,739,365

inthe baseand removable through. the front opening thereof, alseathavingca bottom with-side and, rear walls, and anopen frontpositioned onthe post providing a clamp, said intermediate and lower sections of thepost having upwardly proj'eoting, tongues with vertically disposed slotstherein, threaded studs on the upper and intermediate, sections" of thepost positioned in the slots of the tongues with the parts of the postassetnbled;,and;thumb nuts on said studs.

JAMES SAMUEL EDENS.

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